Comments on: Packing for China (#1 of 2). http://china.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/packing-for-china-1-of-2 China adoption news, information and firsthand accounts by those who have been there. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:13:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Heidi http://china.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/packing-for-china-1-of-2/comment-page-1#comment-197 Heidi Sun, 28 Jan 2007 05:09:10 +0000 http://china-adopti.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/01/27/packing-for-china-1-of-2#comment-197 We just came back from China two weeks ago and I have an older child who can't swallow pills. When she became ill and I ran out of chewable Motrin, we went to a pharmacy and later to a drug store. Chewable tablets were non-existent, but both stores carried the drops and liquid both for infants.<br /> <br /> If you are taking older children with you or are adopting an older child, you might want to bring chewable tablets, but if you are adopting a baby and worried about packing too many things, liquid Motrin and Tylenol were both easily found. We just came back from China two weeks ago and I have an older child who can’t swallow pills. When she became ill and I ran out of chewable Motrin, we went to a pharmacy and later to a drug store. Chewable tablets were non-existent, but both stores carried the drops and liquid both for infants.

If you are taking older children with you or are adopting an older child, you might want to bring chewable tablets, but if you are adopting a baby and worried about packing too many things, liquid Motrin and Tylenol were both easily found.

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